Display-case for thumb-tacks and other articles.



' L. SGHERMERHORN.

- DISPLAY 01131: FOR THUMB TAGKS AND OTHER ARTICLES.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 23,1910.

997,512.- I A Patented July 11,1911.

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L. SOHERMERHORN. I DISPLAY CASE FOR THUMB TAGKS AND OTHER ARTIGLES.

ABPLIGATION FILED APR. 23, 1910 v Patented July 11,1911.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEON SCHERMERI-IORN, OF MONTGLAIR, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO THE KEUFFEL &'

ESSER COMPANY, OF HOBOKEN, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

DISPLAY-CASE FOR THUMB-TACKS AND OTHER ARTICLES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 23, 1910.

Patented July 11, 1911.

Serial No. 557,137.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEON SCHERMERHORN, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Montclair, Essex county, New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Display-Cases for Thumb- Tacks and other Articles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a display case adapted to be exposed on the counters and elsewhere in stores to display to purchasers a variety of articles or different sizes and qualities of the same article and which gives the salesman access immediately and without mistake to the particular article selected. In addition, the cabinet lends itself to an ornamental and attractive form which in itself is an important item in displaying oods.

In'the drawings which show only some of the particular forms which my invention may take, Figure 1 is a front perspective view of an unfilled case within my invention, Fig. 2 is a front elevation on a larger scale of the same case filled, Fig. 3 is a vertical section on the line 3-3 in Fig. 2 looking in the direction of the arrows, Fig. 4 is a vertical section partly in elevation taken lengthwise through one of the drawers stocked with articles to be sold, said drawer being wholly removed from the case and being shown on a still larger scale, Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the same drawer showing the bottom flaps opened and indicating the method of attaching the display sample of the mechandise to the front end of the drawer, Fig. 6 is a perspective view of one of the drawers looked at from below, and Figs. 7 and 8 are end elevations of a modified form of the display case shown in different positions of operation.

I will now describe the specific devices of the drawings, reserving it to the claims to point out the novel features and to define the scope of the invention, it being understood that the claims will be given due range of equivalents.

Referring in the first instance especially to the devices of Figs. 1 to 6 inclusive, 1 is a case having vertically and horizontally extending partitions 2 which provide front and rearwardly extending pigeon holes 3. Drawers 4 of special construction slide in these pigeon holes and contain the goods, a sample of which is secured by special means to their front ends. The drawers are insertible and removable from the rear of the case and are limited in their forward motion by the front wall 5 of the case which has display openings 6 in it, the edges of which project beyond or overhang the front ends of the pigeon holes. The shape of these display openings will vary, that shown being a truncated isosceles triangle especially adapted to limit the forward motion of the drawers and at the same time to give an ornamental appearance to the front of adisplay-case where the upper pigeon holes are of smaller cross section than the lower pigeon holes. Furthermore, it will be understood that the number, size and relative arrangement of the pigeon holes may vary within wide limits, together with the shape of the display openings in the display wall of the case as already indicated. The preferred construction of drawer is one adapted to be made of pasteboard and has two sides.

A connected by front and rear ends B, whereas its bottom consists of extensions from the sides and ends folded under the drawer and interlocked to constitute its bottom. Thus, Fig. 5 shows the end extensions 6 in the act of being folded upwardly until they are at right angles to the ends B, and further shows one of the side extensions a provided with projections 19, and the other side extension provided with slits s, so that when the side extensions are folded under the end extensions in the position indicated in Fig. 6, the project-ions p may be inserted into the slits s to complete the formation of the bottom of the drawer. An elongated opening 7 (Fig. 6) is preferably formed through these bottom extensions or flaps a and b so that the articles in the drawer can be pressed upwardly by the finger. to raise their upper edges above the sides of the drawer so that they may be easily grasped to remove the articles. The means for fastening the sample of the mechandise contained in the particular drawer upon its front end, so that same will be displayed to the purchaser through the particular display opening 6 of the case will now be described. Thus, the sample 8, in this case a square piece of board 8 on which are supported thumb tacks 8 is folded within a piece of transparent paper 9, the ends of which are allowed to project above and below the sample. The lower end 10 is folded around the bottom flap b of the front end of the drawer, before the flaps are folded on each other and secured to make the complete bottom as already described. The upper extension 11 may be hooked over the front end of the box to extend down into its interior. In this way, the sample is quickly and conveniently attached to the front end of the drawer and the transparent paper reveals .the sample to the purchaser.

The operation of the display case will now be apparent. The purchaser having made his selection of the particular size, quality or kind of article shown on the front of the case, the salesman pushes back the drawer belonging to that sample, (see Fig. 3) and removes one of the same articles from the exposed rear end of the drawer. The opening 7 in the bottom of the drawer (Fig. 6) gives increased facility for removing the articles from the drawer especially when it is full and the articles are closely packed together. Thus, the case attractively displays to the customer all of the kinds of articles offered for sale and gives immediate unerring access to each and all kinds.

In the modification of Figs. 7 and 8, it will be noted that the case is made up of separable sections 1, 1 1 hinged together at 12. The divisions between the sections are so located that separating the sections uncovers the pigeon holes or other chambers of the case for containing the goods. Thus, by hinging open the section 1 as in Fig. 7, the goods in the upper story of pigeon holes become accessible, and by hinging open the section 1 as in Fig. 8, the pigeon holes of the lower story become accessible. Catches 13 (Figs. 7 and 8) may be provided between the sections to hold adjacent sections locked together, until intentionally released. This separable section construction of Figs. 7 and 8 may be advantageously applied to the display case of the preceding Figs. 1 to 6 because it permits the storekeeper to take a rapid account of the stock contained in the case by simply lifting up the sections and also forms a ready means of replenishing the pigeon holes or chambers that need refilling. Fig. 2 indicates the application of this separable section idea to the display case of Figs. 1 to 6. Thus, the dotted lines X show the lines of division between the sect-ions and the hinges are shown dotted at 12.

What I claim is 1. A display case having pigeon-holes, drawers in said pigeon holes, and means for supporting samples of the merchandise upon the fronts of the drawers consisting of a container of transparent material for the sample having an end extending beyond the upper edge of the sample, said end being inserted down into the front end of drawer.

2. A display case having pigeon holes and provided with openings in its front wall, drawers in said pigeon holes, and means for supporting samples of merchandise on the fronts of the drawers and in position to be seen through the openings in the front wall, each of said supporting means consisting of a sample holding device having an end that extends beyond the sample and is inserted down into the front end of the drawer.

8. A display case, drawers slidably mounted therein, each drawer including folding elements, and sample-holding devices mounted on the drawers and having portions that are interfolded with the said elements thereof.

4. A display case, drawers slidably mounted therein, said drawers each having a bottom composed of folded and interlocked sections, and a sample-holder for each drawer having a portion interfolded with the bottom thereof.

5. A display case, drawers slidably mounted therein, and sample holders mounted on the drawers, said holders having portions interlocked with the bottoms thereof and also engaged with their upper edges.

6. In a display case, an article holder and a sample holder mounted thereon and having a portion interlocked with the bottom thereof.

7. In a display case, an article holder having a bottom composed of folding interlocked sections, and a sample holder mounted upon the article holder and having a lower extension interfolded with the bottom sections, and an upper extension that is folded over the upper edge and downwardly into said article holder.

IVitness my hand this 20th day of April 1910, at Hoboken, N. J.

LEON SCI-IERMERHORN. Vitnesses F. H. THORNBY, CHAS. HEMY, Jr.

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